Contents		
Chapter I  Homeland, Childhood
Chapter II  Study Tour in His Twenties
Chapter III  From a Lang Zhong to a Prefect of the Grand Scribes
Chapter IV.  The Li Ling Affair Disasters
Chapter V   The Historian after Corporal Punishment
Chapter VI  The Pinnacle of All Historians
I  A General History of 3000 Years
II  The Spirit of “Writing Down Exactly What Happened”
III  Brilliant Knowledge of History
Chapter VII  The Lament Without Rhymes
 I  Historiography and Literature
 II  The Outcry Against Injustice
III  Sarcastic Irony
 Ⅳ  Full-fleshed Characters
Ⅴ  Splendid Language
Chapter VIII  History to Last Forever
Translators’ Notes
目录
一  故乡,童年
二  二十漫游
三  由郎中到太史令
四  李陵之祸
五  刑余的史臣
六  史家之绝唱
    
    (一)三千年的通史
     
    (二)“实录”精神
  
    (三)卓越的史识
七  无韵之《离骚》
    (一)史学与文学
   
    (二)抒不平之气
    (三)辛辣的讽刺
    (四)完整的人物形象
    (五)生动的语言
八  光照千古
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